Raymond's Run

In “Raymond’s Run,” how does Squeaky feel about Raymond?

• She is embarrassed by the things he does.

• She is jealous of the attention he gets.

• She is very protective of him.

• She is often angry with him.

At the end of “Raymond’s Run,” what does Squeaky learn about Gretchen, the new girl?

• Gretchen is wealthy.

• Gretchen likes to fight.

• Gretchen will be a loyal friend.

• Gretchen is an excellent runner.

In “Raymond’s Run,” why does Squeaky get upset when Mary Louise talks to Raymond?

• Mary Louise speaks too loudly

• Mary Louise is a faster runner than Squeaky is.

• Squeaky does not want Mary Louise to make fun of Raymond.

• Squeaky is rather jealous of Mary Louise’s friendship with Gretchen.

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A

What does fantasy mean as it is used in this sentence from “Raymond’s Run”?

I’m standing on the corner admiring the weather and about to take a stroll down Broadway so I can practice my breathing exercises, and I’ve got Raymond walking on the inside close to the buildings, cause he’s subject to fits of fantasy and starts thinking he’s a circus performer and that the curb is a tightrope strung high in the air.

• anger

• laughter

• exhaustion

• imagination

Part A answer: Fantasy means imagination.

Part B Which phrase from the sentence best supports the answer to Part A?

I’m standing on the corner admiring the weather and about to take a stroll down Broadway so I can practice my breathing exercises, and I’ve got Raymond walking on the inside close to the buildings, cause he’s subject to fits of fantasy and starts thinking he’s a circus performer and that the curb is a tightrope strung high in the air.

• admiring the weather

• about to take a stroll

• practice my breathing exercises

• thinking he’s a circus performer

Read this sentence from “Raymond’s Run.” Then choose the answer that gives the most likely definition of liable, based on context clues.

But of course he does, cause if he hangs back someone’s liable to walk up to him and get smart, or take his allowance from him, or ask him where he got that great big pumpkin head.

• able

• likely

• guilty

• afraid

What is the most likely meaning of obviously in this sentence from “Raymond’s Run”? Use context clues to help you.

Cause she’s good, no doubt about it. Maybe she’d like to help me coach Raymond; she obviously is serious about running, as any fool can see.

• rarely

• clearly

• speedily

• occasionally

What does this sentence from “Raymond’s Run” indicate most clearly about Squeaky (the “daughter” in the sentence)?

You’d think she’d be glad her daughter ain’t out there prancing around the May Pole getting the new clothes all dirty and sweaty and trying to act like a fairy or a flower ….

• Squeaky enjoys wearing fancy new clothes.

• Squeaky does not like to get dirty and sweaty

• Squeaky thinks that the May Pole dance is silly

• Squeaky wishes that she could be in the May Pole dance.

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A In “Raymond’s Run,” why is Squeaky at first unsure about who has won the fifty-yard dash?

• She and Gretchen seem to reach the finish line at the same time.

• She is distracted when she sees Raymond playing by the fence.

• She sees Gretchen staring at her and breathing hard.

• She cannot hear Mr. Pearson well enough.

Part A answer: Squeaky is unsure who won because she and Gretchen seem to reach the finish line at the same time.

Part B Which sentence from “Raymond’s Run” best supports the answer to Part A?

• But the white ribbon is bouncing toward me and I tear past it, racing into the distance till my feet with a mind of their own start digging up footfuls of dirt and brake me short.

• … I dig my sneaker into the grass and stare at Gretchen who’s staring back, we both wondering just who did win. I can hear old Beanstalk arguing with the man on the loudspeaker and then a few others running their mouths about what the stopwatches say.

• So I stand there with my new plans, laughing out loud by this time as Raymond jumps down from the fence and runs over with his teeth showing and his arms down to the side, which no one before him has quite mastered as a running style.

• But of course everyone thinks I’m jumping up and down because the men on the loudspeaker have finally gotten themselves together and compared notes and are announcing “In first place—Miss Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker.”